Chestnut
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Someday I’ll live on an organic farm in upstate New York or Spain or somewhere with the man I love, making a family and happily getting fat off the meals we cook from what we grow. But while I am still a city girl—running wild around town, too lazy to cook anything at home besides eggs over-easy and a toasted bialy—I have to go out to get my farm-fresh fix. And as much as I love biting into a whole peach or having corn on the cob, I want more than just to eat the local produce. I like the taste of food best when someone has played with it a little bit, hands-on food given enough thought and care so as not to be over prepared, leaving the ingredients to showcase themselves.
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Inoteca
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At ’inoteca, at the corner of Rivington and Ludlow Street on the Lower East Side, they are bona fide experts in the art of wine and cheese pairing. Jason and Joe Denton, along with co-owner and executive chef Eric Kleinman, manage the daunting task of ensuring the extraordinary quality of dozens of cheeses, cured meats, and hundreds of bottles of wine.The Denton brothers, relatives of San Francisco nightlife king Harry Denton, have spent the greater part of the last decade bringing their passion for Italian café dining to hungry Manhattanites. The Idaho natives collaborated to give us ‘ino in Greenwich Village, which Jason opened with his wife Jennifer in 1998 after being inspired by a panini bar they discovered in Monterosso on the Italian Riviera. Joe initially assumed the managerial duties at ‘ino, and a legacy of authentic Italian eateries was born. Read More . . .
Josephina Restaurant
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This week we ventured to JOSEPHINA RESTAURANT, owned by COASTAL @ LINCOLN CENTER, and this is what we found.
HOW BAD IS THE FAMILY MEAL?
Really not good, Primarily pasta
HOW’S THE CLIENTELE?
Elderly
WHAT ARE THE HOURS OF THE RESTAURANT? HOW LONG IS A TYPICAL DINNER SHIFT?
Mon-Fri 1130-midnight, Sat 11am to midnight, sun 11am to 11pm
HOW MANY LUNCH/BRUNCH SHIFTS ARE REQUIRED IN A WEEK?
Varies, you start with lunch for the first three weeks
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Interview with Rich Wolf
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This week we had the extreme pleasure of talking to one of the ‘Top Dogs’ of the industry, Rich Wolf. He and his business partner, Marc Packer, have struck gold like no others with their heart pounding thrill ride known as Tao".Tao has defied the test of time in Manhattan by still packing ‘em in night after night (1,000+ covers each night on the weekends), and that’s after being open for 8 years! Now that Tao Vegas is full throttle, the team of Wolf & Packer seems unstoppable. Let’s drop in and see what the legend, Rich Wolf, has to tell us…
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